tiabunna's photos

Another view of the bench at Mossy Point, as shown last week. If you view this large (click image) you'll see a group of stand-up paddleboarders out to the right. A lovely late summer's day.

It seems to be flowering time for lilies around here at present. This one in our garden. I must admit I failed to register the little bug until I viewed the photo. :-) With heavy rain outside, I guess it must be Soggy Saturday. :-)

Wishing everyone a safe and enjoyable weekend. First though, HFF.

I'm told that today (at least in Australia) is "Teal-Ribbon Day" (see PiP), in support of Ovarian Cancer research - a very worthy topic indeed. The landscape shows Batemans Bay and the Clyde River (some years ago) with the old bridge. When we again have good weather, I shall try for an updated version of this image.

Posted here on Tue 22/2/22. Families enjoying the sunshine and warm water at the mouth of Candlagan Creek. Best viewed large.

For Macro Mondays Group, topic 245, 21 February 2022, set subject: "Stamp, stamp imprint, seal or seal imprint". Bringing back pleasant memories, copied from an old passport.

Bench at the Mossy Point lookout, an ideal spot to contemplate the waves, seabirds, and possibly seals or whales (depending on the season). HBM, everyone.

From an old slide, copied too small here long ago. This construction site was known, at the time, as Repstat - short for Replacement Station. The old Wilkes base, built by the USA during the 1958 International Geophysical Year, was across the bay behind the ship, but mostly buried under metres of snow and in an unsafe condition. We spent a fortnight working here and, when we left, had erected a line of huts up the right of the road (one of the DUKWs on the road). The new station was later named Casey, but It has since been rebuilt yet again in a much more substantial form. You can see it here (also a 48 hour webcam video). While we were there, another of the Lauritzen Line "Dan" ships, the Thala Dan also arrived and we saw the very uncommon sight of two of them in an Antarctic port together (see PiP). Some of the old Wilkes base buildings are visible on the horizon in this image. UPDATE FOOTNOTE: I've updated this image, but unfortunately I'm unable to put it in a larger copy (short of creating a new posting). I've updated it because Today (19 Feb 2022) is the 54th anniversary of the official opening of the Casey station that we helped build.

Looking up the Tomaga River (and better viewed large on black). Another week gone! Happy Fence Friday, everyone, and have a great weekend.